The Enneagram and Kabbalah: Reading Your Soul

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Summary: An Original and Ambitious Take on the Enneagram
Review: A good book for enneagram enthusiasts, and also a good way to get a taste of Jewish mysticism. The author writes responsibly and carefully and offers some real insights. Of course, one has to accept the correlations he makes between the enneatypes and the points on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life -- but he does argue from a place of scholarship. This reader wishes that he could have been a little more careful to reiterate the meaning of certain phonetic Hebrew terms that he uses freely throughout the book. But, overall, an impressive and worthwhile addition to enneagram literature and a good primer on Kabbalah.

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Summary: excellent reference for adepts, perfect for beginners.
Review: this is one of my favorite books on the enneagram. as a long time student of the enneagram i continue my discussion on the topic through an online discussion group. so many of the topics we discuss are very clearly laid out, and organized in this book, making it an excellent reference resourse. the rabbi has combined a very complete over view with fresh archtypes from the kabbalah for expansion of the characterizations of type. this is also one of my favorite books to get for friends that i am introducing to the enneagram, because it is so comprehensive and easy to understand.